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  • #541
  • Feb 16, 2009 3:14pm Feb 16, 2009 3:14pm
Hi llambert -

I know it has a hit and miss problem of closing the second trade correctly but for the trades I've checked, single trades or the first trade (on a multiple trade candle) seems to be closing correctly. Is your comment about the closing of the first trade or the later ones?

Gary

Quoting llambert3
You are right. It still isn't closing them in profit correctly.
  • #542
  • Feb 16, 2009 3:23pm Feb 16, 2009 3:23pm
Hi Mary -

What time do you have the second trading time parameter set to? My window closed right on the dot at 19:59:59. I have set the default at 19 which will trade until 19:59:59 and close the window at 20:00:00. Double check your GMT Offset to make sure its correct. Your the first one I've hear from who has had a problem with the trading window opening and closing properly when the times and GMT Offset are set correctly. Maybe there are others who haven't said mentioned it yet! Me, a mistake?! Surely not!!

Gary

Quoting marisialb
The screen didn't say "outside trading window" until 21:00 GMT.
  • #543
  • Feb 16, 2009 3:30pm Feb 16, 2009 3:30pm
hi,

FXDD hasn't been working for me today... it's a pity! I wanted to run it against Alpari. tried all their available servers.

i made some small profits on Alpari UK - 5 digits worked well (SL x 10).
all single filters were on, and triple filter was on as well. Trading window closed @ 19.59GMT.

report is attached - last three were closed manually in negative, so altogether I'm in neutral position compared ot start of day.
there have been a good couple of trades that have been on for 3-4 hours, approaching SL several times. I think if this goes live I'd want to have a TP set up...

anyway, 2.3 seems to be working better than 2.2. we are on the right track, I can feel.




hsa
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File Type: xls DetailedStatement.xls   34 KB | 279 downloads
  • #544
  • Feb 16, 2009 3:37pm Feb 16, 2009 3:37pm
Gary --

I'm using FXDD with a GMT Offset of 2. I think that is correct. I left the times set as the default settings.

Mary
  • #545
  • Feb 16, 2009 3:42pm Feb 16, 2009 3:42pm
Hi Mary -

This issue goes hand in hand with the closing of multiple trades issues. It is probably a loop/timing issue. Solve one and solve them both I think. It may be that I need to space the 'send orders' and the 'close orders' a bit to give the server time to react - we are talking about a few milliseconds. I've seen this happen when a server is busy and it tends to 'skip' requests. There could be a similar problem with our personal computers. Have you run into this before on your computer with an ea trying to take multiple trades basically at the same instant?

Have you had any problems running v2.3 on the strategy tester? I'm trying to find out if the problem llambert3 is having with the tester is unique to him or a larger issue. I haven't had any problems with running any of the versions through the tester.

Gary

Quoting marisialb
Now it just opened another order, GBPUSD, after hours. Also, on the screen it says trading option used: _23___, but it only opened 1 order instead of 2.

Mary
  • #546
  • Feb 16, 2009 3:45pm Feb 16, 2009 3:45pm
Mary -
Interesting - I'm using ForexMeta which is a bucket shop for FXDD - also has the same +2 and it closed just fine. llambert3 is forward testing through FXDD, maybe he can tell us if he is having the same problem.

Gary

Quoting marisialb
Gary --

I'm using FXDD with a GMT Offset of 2. I think that is correct. I left the times set as the default settings.

Mary
  • #547
  • Feb 16, 2009 3:50pm Feb 16, 2009 3:50pm
Thanks hsa -

Your comments about FXDD today are interesting given the feedback from Mary and llambert3. They are having some issues and they trade on FXDD. Maybe just a tough day for that broker. I agree, we still got some issues but today the ea 2.3 seem to work a little better. I will keep checking the trades from today for problems as I work on the next version.

Thanks again - Gary

Quoting hsa013
hi,

FXDD hasn't been working for me today... it's a pity! I wanted to run it against Alpari. tried all their available servers.

i made some small profits on Alpari UK - 5 digits worked well (SL x 10).
all single filters were on, and triple filter was on as well. Trading window closed @ 19.59GMT.

report is attached - last three were closed manually in negative, so altogether I'm in neutral position compared ot start of day.
there have been a good couple of trades that have been on for 3-4 hours, approaching SL several times. I think if this...
  • #548
  • Feb 16, 2009 4:14pm Feb 16, 2009 4:14pm
Gary,
yes, it's interesting to see why FXDD wasn't doing anything.

this is an excerpt from my log, it goes on for hundreds of pages until I closed the program.

12:56:20 Slingshot_2.3 GBPUSD,M30: Error opening BUY order: 131
12:56:20 Slingshot_2.3 GBPUSD,M30: Error opening BUY order: 131
12:56:20 Slingshot_2.3 GBPUSD,M30: Error opening BUY order: 131
12:56:20 Slingshot_2.3 GBPUSD,M30: Error opening BUY order: 131
12:56:21 Slingshot_2.3 GBPUSD,M30: Error opening BUY order: 131
12:56:21 Slingshot_2.3 GBPUSD,M30: Error opening BUY order: 131
12:56:22 Slingshot_2.3 EURUSD,M30: Error opening BUY order: 131
12:56:22 Slingshot_2.3 EURUSD,M30: Error opening BUY order: 131
12:56:28 Slingshot_2.3 GBPUSD,M30: Error opening BUY order: 131
12:56:28 Slingshot_2.3 GBPUSD,M30: Error opening BUY order: 131

everything related to the EA was set up correctly.

hsa
  • #549
  • Feb 16, 2009 4:22pm Feb 16, 2009 4:22pm
Gary,

I have only been forward testing on my demo account (version 2.3). Since I'm new to forex, I don't really know how to use the strategy tester. The only other EA I've tried running is FapTurbo (I've since discontinued that one) and I think I remember it opening up multiple trades when it should not have done so (that was with FXPro - so it wasn't a broker issue).

Mary
  • #550
  • Feb 16, 2009 4:37pm Feb 16, 2009 4:37pm
hey guys.

I still have 3 open trades in my fxdd at home.. hmmm

The experts tab at the bottom says over and over and over that it cannot open the zee zee i.ex4 indicator.

This same error is on the one at work, but unfortunately I closed it and lost the journal unless somebody knows a way to get it back. No errors in my home jounal though.

What was wrong with 2.1 again? If that strategy tester could match the live results it might be a good one.. lol
  • #551
  • Feb 16, 2009 4:45pm Feb 16, 2009 4:45pm
matter of fact the 3 I am in are buys that should've closed in profit since the time they got in except EU should've hit the stop if it moved it, but it did not.

EU buy on 30min 1 (should've hit stop the next 30 minute)
GJ buy on 1hr _2
EJ buy on 1hr 12

had I changed the stop to low - 1 pip (instead of the spread) the EJ would've hit it to the pip, but otherwise 21:00gmt hour closed well in profit, but it didn't close the trade. GJ should've closed in profit same hour.
  • #552
  • Feb 16, 2009 4:58pm Feb 16, 2009 4:58pm
There is no zee zee i indicator in my custom indicators. I downloaded the SSZZiFilter_v1 from your post that time Gary. I don't think any of these trades are using that 3rd filter.
  • #553
  • Feb 16, 2009 4:59pm Feb 16, 2009 4:59pm
llambert3 =

Were these second or third trades on a multitrade candle or the first (maybe only trade) trade?

Gary

Quoting llambert3
matter of fact the 3 I am in are buys that should've closed in profit since the time they got in except EU should've hit the stop if it moved it, but it did not.

EU buy on 30min 1 (should've hit stop the next 30 minute)
GJ buy on 1hr _2
EJ buy on 1hr 12

had I changed the stop to low - 1 pip (instead of the spread) the EJ would've hit it to the pip, but otherwise 21:00gmt hour closed well in profit, but it didn't close the trade. GJ should've closed in profit same hour.
  • #554
  • Feb 16, 2009 5:05pm Feb 16, 2009 5:05pm
Quoting Pavatar
llambert3 =

Were these second or third trades on a multitrade candle or the first (maybe only trade) trade?

Gary
The EU was the 1st one, but should've hit the stop next 30m, but since it did not another trade occurred an hour and half later on 1hr and it closed in profit 4 hours later, which should've closed the next hour in profit. So the 2nd 1hr trade closed at 21:00gmt and the 30m would've also been in profit at 21:30gmt, but it did not close. However it just closed at top of this hour at +1.
  • #555
  • Feb 16, 2009 5:13pm Feb 16, 2009 5:13pm
Hi llambert3 -

I'm sure you looked but for others, the multifilter, the zzifilter and the ea all use iCustom() to call the "Zee Zee i" indicator. So it needs to be in the indicator folder. For those you who might not have it from an earlier post, I'll attach it below. It is the same as the "zzi" indicator mentioned by damonl. The problem I had was not being able to find the .mq4 file type for zzi (only the .ex4) - I was able to find the .mq4 for "Zee Zee i" and used it. The one I used had a couple of colored lines added for some reason or another but the signal line is the same value in both versions of the indi.

Gary

Quoting llambert3
There is no zee zee i indicator in my custom indicators. I downloaded the SSZZiFilter_v1 from your post that time Gary. I don't think any of these trades are using that 3rd filter.
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File Type: ex4 Zee Zee i.ex4   4 KB | 286 downloads
  • #556
  • Feb 16, 2009 5:20pm Feb 16, 2009 5:20pm
Quoting Pavatar
Hi llambert3 -

I'm sure you looked but for others, the multifilter, the zzifilter and the ea all use iCustom() to call the "Zee Zee i" indicator. So it needs to be in the indicator folder. For those you who might not have it from an earlier post, I'll attach it below. It is the same as the "zzi" indicator mentioned by damonl. The problem I had was not being able to find the .mq4 file type for zzi (only the .ex4) - I was able to find the .mq4 for "Zee Zee i" and used it. The one I used had a couple of colored lines added for some reason or...
Yea I got it and all works now. I should've paid more attention!!
  • #557
  • Feb 16, 2009 5:37pm Feb 16, 2009 5:37pm
Gary, I think we need to remove the && OrderProfit() < 0 piece below and just let it move the stop no matter what.

void moveStopLosses()
{
int cnt, total = OrdersTotal();
double dblStop;
for(cnt=0;cnt<total;cnt++)
{
OrderSelect(cnt, SELECT_BY_POS, MODE_TRADES);
int index = iBarShift(NULL, 0 , OrderOpenTime());
if (index==-1) return;

if (orderBelongsToMe() && OrderProfit() < 0)
 {
if (OrderType() == OP_BUY)
{
dblStop = Low[index]-(MarketInfo(Symbol(),MODE_SPREAD)*Point)-1*Point;
OrderModify(OrderTicket(),OrderOpenPrice(),dblStop,OrderTakeProfit(),0,Green);
}
else if (OrderType() == OP_SELL)
{
dblStop = High[index] + 1*Point;
OrderModify(OrderTicket(),OrderOpenPrice(),dblStop,OrderTakeProfit(),0,Red);
}
}
}
}

Also why did you comment out the NewBar() function? Was it to store the original bar? Do you know what Time[0] returns?

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| variable and indicator declaration |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+

if(barTime < Time[0])
//if(NewBar() == true)
 {
// we have a new bar opened
barTime = Time[0]; // keep the new bar open time
belowLowPreviousBar = false;
aboveClosePreviousBar = false;
aboveHighPreviousBar = false;
belowClosePreviousBar = false;
total = OrdersTotal();
if (total > 0 && Move_SL_to_Prev_Hi_Lo == true) moveStopLosses();
}
  • #558
  • Feb 16, 2009 5:49pm Feb 16, 2009 5:49pm
Hi Guys

I have my computer back, but need to load some programs and other things. Trading charts included. Things are working well now and it is nice to see the thread moving along.

Gary, I hope that your son not only has a quick recovery, but also a healing so no other complications occur....your dedication here is phenominal and just reading through the posts regarding spreads and closing the trades, I think you have everything right now.

Someone has mentione HMA to use as a filter, and I am not opposed to this, but I agree with Gary about getting the EA functioning correctly first.

I am not sure that I will get to the new verision tonight as anti-virus, etc, needs to be re-installed, but I will get to that as quickly as I can.

have a great evening all...Damon
"Keep your eyes on the helpers" - Mr. Rogers
  • #559
  • Feb 16, 2009 6:45pm Feb 16, 2009 6:45pm
llambert et al,-

I have not had any issues with testing 2.3 (on FXDD). See attached report. A side note...I haven't been able to make it profitable backtesting....

Also Didn't seem to have any issue with opening and closing trades. From what I can see - trades were closed at the top or bottom of the hour unless the s/l was hit.

I only traded it today on EU/GU/UJ 30M.
Macd Filter True.
All other filters False
S/L: (per post #1)

results below:
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File Type: pdf Strategy Tester_ Slingshot_2.pdf   582 KB | 296 downloads
  • #560
  • Feb 16, 2009 6:48pm Feb 16, 2009 6:48pm
Quoting damonl
Hi Guys

I have my computer back, but need to load some programs and other things. Trading charts included. Things are working well now and it is nice to see the thread moving along.

Gary, I hope that your son not only has a quick recovery, but also a healing so no other complications occur....your dedication here is phenominal and just reading through the posts regarding spreads and closing the trades, I think you have everything right now.

Someone has mentione HMA to use as a filter, and I am not opposed to this, but I agree with Gary...
Hey Damon, if we are in a buy and stop is the actual bid, then adding the spread to this doesn't make sense if we are not adding the spread to the ask when we are in a sell. Gary was waiting on you to confirm as right now it adds the spread to the bid and not the ask.
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